#Shelfie 5

Had a bit of a clear out and re-organisation of my bookshelf today. However this does not stop me buying more books than I have time to read! Sometimes I just cannot help myself...

A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

Title: A Game of Thrones
Author: George R. R. Martin
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date: 23rd December 2010
Genre: Dark Fantasy

Summary: 
In the Land of Westeros Winter is coming and the struggle for the Iron Thorne has begun.

Review:
I was not sure what I was expecting when I was persuaded to start reading this series but I did not think it was going to be as good as it actually is.

It is awesome and it is easy to see why it has become so popular.

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Title: Divergent
Author: Veronica Roth
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date: 28th February 2012
Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult

Summary:
Becoming sixteen is a big deal for all teenagers.

For Beatrice Prior, however, at the age of sixteen she must make a life-changing decision that will change her whole world for she lives in a society divided my factions.

She must choose where she belongs and prove herself to her new "family". Her decision, however, has deadly consequences.

Review: 
I decided to read this book after my best-friend raved about it constantly. However, I was not impressed with her taste in books (which is usually impeccable) this time as I had two major issues with it...

Shelfie #4

Too many books, not enough time!

But thanks to my friend who's buggering off to California next year, I now have the complete A Song of Ice and Fire series! Awesome.

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

After finally finishing all my assignments; I finally have some time to read! However, this review will be short and sweet as I now have exams to revise for! 

Title: The Rosie Project

Author: Graeme Simsion

Publisher: Penguin

Publication Date: 2nd January 2014

Genre: Humour, Romance

Summary: 

Being the world's most socially awkward and weird man makes it extremely hard for you to find your perfect partner. Don Tillman, a successful geneticist and lecturer, however has a plan. Enter The Wife Project; a scientific experiment of find the perfect woman and lifelong partner. Don is determined that this method is guaranteed to produce the answer to all his dreams. However, when Rosie unsuspectingly walks into his life; she turns his world upside down.

Review: 

I am not going to lie, I brought this book because I thought the cover was interesting and I had heard a lot about it online.

Big mistake.

A Little Project...

For those of you who do not know me, apart from reading another one of my favourite hobbies is Judo. I am probably not the typical "judoka" but I really love the sport and have made some great friends at my university's club.

But why am I telling you this?

For one of my modules on my course I had to make a documentary under the theme of Achievement. So, I decided to do it on the black belts at my club. After a lot of blood, sweat and tears (literally) it is finally finished and I have decided to share it with everyone as, even though it is not perfect and not really related to publishing, I am really, really, really proud of it and learnt a lot from making it.

Below is the finished documentary. I hope you like it but if you do not; just remember I have a yellow belt!!

Shelfie #3

This is not really a shelfie as I have not really had chance to read or buy new books lately. However, since I finished all my assignments (hooray!) I decided to treat myself...

I am a big Walking Dead fan and decided to buy the first 1,000 page installment of the comic books. I have spent the last couple of minutes flicking through and I am so excited to start reading this! Definitely going to take me a while to get through it though...